English
interventor
Interventor comes from Latin interventor ‘visitor’, and goes back to interveniō ‘to intervene, come between’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterveniō‘to intervene, come between’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterventor‘visitor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterveniō‘to intervene, come between’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterventor‘visitor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841same form
Earliest quotation: 1841, Lyman Coleman: “An effort was made, particularly in the Latin church,…”
Every English word from Latin interveniō
Today it means
noun One who intervenes; a mediator, especially one designated by a church to reconcile parties and unite them in the choice of officers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin interveniō / interventor